Job 29 in the early church
40 passages quote, allude to, or echo Job 29, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 3 · 6 · 9 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 23
Job 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 13.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Job 29:6
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:6 | Fragments on Job, column 91 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Job 29:9
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:9 | Oration 18.38 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, low confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Job 29:9 | Exposition of Psalm 118 2.6.2 · Ambrose | allusion, low confidence | ca. 386-397 |
Job 29:12
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:12 | Fragments on Job, column 93 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 29:12–16 | To Quirinus 3.1 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Job 29:12–13 | To Quirinus 3.113 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Job 29:12–16 | Demonstration of the Gospel 1.6.14 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Job 29:12–17 | Demonstration 20.15 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Job 29:12–17 | On Saint Athanasius 1.40 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Job 29:12 | On Naboth 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:12 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.36 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
Job 29:13
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:13 | On Naboth 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:13 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.30 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Job 29:13 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.36 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:14 | On Jacob and the Happy Life 2.22 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:14 | On Naboth 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:14 | On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 27 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415 |
Job 29:15
I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:15 | Fragments on Job, column 93 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 29:15 | Life of Cyprian 3 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 258–265 |
| Job 29:15 | Oration 8.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Job 29:15 | Tractates 1.2.9 · Zeno of Verona | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| Job 29:15 | Letter 60.10 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Job 29:15 | Letter 66.13 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Job 29:15 | On Naboth 36 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:15 | On Naboth 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:15 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.11 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Job 29:15 | Letters 13.21 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Job 29:15–16 | Sermon 122 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Job 29:15 | The Conferences 6.10 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:16 | Fragments on Job, column 93 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Job 29:16 | Catechetical Lecture 7.9 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Job 29:16 | Oration 8.10 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Job 29:16 | Homilies 7.1 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 363-378 |
| Job 29:16 | On Naboth 36 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:16 | On Naboth 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Job 29:16 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.11 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Job 29:16 | The Conferences 6.10 · John Cassian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Job 29:17
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:17 | The Conferences 23.5 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Job 29:23
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job 29:23 | On the Duties of the Clergy 1.31 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |